The Centers for Disease Control's (CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics conducts the National
Health Care Surveys, which include the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS), National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), and the
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS). These
nationally representative surveys provide data and information used by
Congress, health care services researchers and others to shape health care
policy and the future of health care in the United States.

The National Center for Health Statistics is accepting registration from
eligible clinicians (ECs), eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals
(EHs) or critical access hospitals (CAHs) of their intent to submit data to
the National Health Care Surveys as part of the Merit-Based Incentive
Payment System (MIPS) and the...